Wasted and Wanted

Description

Michael Wollny once said that they wanted to have some punk in their jazz. Breaking boundaries is the philosophy of the trio and certainly holds true on Wasted & Wanted. European jazz tradition, indie rock, Western and contemporary art music, sound experiments and some punk attitude this all merges effortlessly and uniquely together and makes the trio one-of-a-kind. The potential of the band was discovered early on and they took the jazz world by storm. They have been highly acclaimed ever since their debut album Call It [em] was released in 2005, and the German newspaper DIE ZEIT even called them the worlds most exciting piano trio. Their album [em] live at Jazzbaltica from 2010 was hailed as the finest jazz album of the last quarter of a century by Jazzwises Stuart Nicholson.
Wollny, Kruse and Schaefer take us along on a high intensity musical adventure, full of enthusiasm. It is an adventure that changes its colours like a chameleon: its about tracing new sounds and experiencing different emotions. Energetic and ecstatic, mysterious and contemplative, melancholy and overwhelming, performed with heart and brain, powerful and wild the album is all of this and more.